Today’s biggest newest of May 11 was probably the Hyperloop One first Propulsion Open-air Test (or POAT). The test, as the name suggests, is to reaffirm the company’s custom high-tech propulsion of the future tubed transportation system. The event was held in the desert, some 35 miles north of Las Vegas in Nevada and it ended as quickly as it had started, and to the huge applause of the invited guests. The ‘train’, nicknamed ‘sled’, rockets from standstill to 116 miles an hour in a scant 1.1 seconds, pulling 2.4 Gs. It travelled a short 100 meters (328 feet) before being haul to a stop by a sand bank at the end of the track. As it turns out, brakes weren’t in place and hence, sand was used to slow the sled down and pulling it to a rest. Continue reading Hyperloop One Zips From 0-110 mph in 1.1 Seconds In Its First Open-air Test→

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